Lasting for up to two years, Sculptra is often known as 'liquid face lift' because of the stunning results it gives in thickening skin, restoring facial contours and smoothing out lines and wrinkles. This injectable product made of poly-L-lactic acid (PLA) is used to stimulate the production of collagen and is ideal for restoring volume where there are signs of facial fat loss, or lipoatrophy. Sculptra™ is a remarkable technology probably used by many celebrities who deny having surgery but look to have defied age and remain still naturally good looking.
An effective treatment for sunken cheeks, indentations and hollow eyes, the PLA present in Sculptra is diluted in sterile water and then injected under the surface of the skin. These particles stimulate the production of collagen in the skin, which adds volume over time.
1. Is Sculptra™ the right treatment for you?
Have you got deep folds between your nose and mouth?
Have you got folds around the corners of your mouth?
Have you got wrinkling in your cheeks or around your chin?
Have you got sunken cheeks?
Is your skin loose and lacking elasticity?
If you answer yes to more than one of the above, then please read on.
Sculptra™ is a synthetic injectable material known as "poly-L-lactic acid." Poly-L-lactic acid is biocompatible (a material that does not harm the body) and biodegradable (able to be broken down by the body). Poly-L-lactic acid has been widely used for many years in dissolvable stitches, soft tissue implants, and other types of implants.
3. How does Sculptra™ work?
Sculptra™ is injected below the surface of the skin in the area of fat loss. Sculptra™ provides a gradual increase in skin thickness. Visible results appear within the first few treatment sessions. Sculptra™ will not correct the underlying cause of the facial fat loss, but will help improve the appearance by increasing skin thickness in the treated area.
4. Do I need a skin test before being treated with Sculptra™?
5. Who performs treatment with Sculptra™?
Our qualified practitioner who has been trained to use the correct procedure for Sculptra™ performs the treatment.
As with all injections you will feel some discomfort. It may be that you notice a brief burning sensation at the injection site. An ice packed applied after the treatment will help to calm your skin. If necessary, your practitioner can also give you a local anaesthetic.
7. What must I bear in mind after the treatment?
Your Healthcare Professional will give you special aftercare instructions. These include massaging the treated areas of your face in the first few days after the treatment. All you need is a few minutes twice a day.
The most common side effect with the use of Sculptra™ include injection-related side effects at the site of injection such as bleeding, tenderness or pain, redness, bruising, or swelling. These effects generally resolve in 2-6 days.
9. Are the results from Sculptra™ immediate?
No. At your first treatment, it may appear that Sculptra™ worked immediately because of the swelling from the injectins and the water used to dilute Sculptra™. In a few days, when the swelling goes down and the water is absorbed by your body you may look as you did before the treatment. Sculptra™ takes time to work, results should be noticeable after approximately 6 weeks. Your healthcare professional will see you again in a few weeks to decide if you need more Sculptra™ injections.


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Rep. Carlos Giménez outlines Florida GOP victory: 'We got the right candidates in the right districts'
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Florida saw several big Republican victories in the midterm elections, including Gov. Ron DeSantis' double-digit win
By Lindsay Kornick | Fox News
Rep. Carlos Gimenez, former mayor of Miami-Dade, Florida, speaks during a rally with Venezuelans living in Miami, Florida, U.S. February 1, 2020. (Reuters)
Florida Rep. Carlos Giménez joins 'Sunday Night in America' to discuss Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio's reelections, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's bid to be the next House Speaker.
Rep. Carlos Giménez, R-Fla., appeared on "Sunday Night in America" to discuss Florida becoming a solid red-state after several Republican successes during the midterm elections.
In addition to Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., winning what many viewed as a historic victory for his second term, several Republican candidates, including Giménez, won campaigns in districts previously considered left-leaning or less right-wing.
Giménez credited these victories to the state party picking the right candidates in the right areas, in contrast to other contests around the country.
"I think we have good candidates. In some places, they try to put a square peg in a round hole. Here we got the right candidates in the right districts. We know how to speak to our residents. We're a part of the community. Also, we have a good infrastructure here," Giménez said.
He added that Florida's election process was "done right," leading Republicans to a clear victory path.
"Our party knows how to run elections in state of Florida. We have a certain way to run elections in Florida. We do it right. We were not totally outperformed by the early ballots with mail-in ballots. We killed the Democrats on early votes and we killed them also in day of, but we're also close in absentee. When you put all those factors together, and we have a good organization there. That is why really, we clean their clock here in Florida," Giménez said.
He continued, "We're proud of the organization, and really proud of the message. We had a great top of the ticket with our great governor, and Marco Rubio as senator. It all worked out well here."
Giménez also suggested tackling Florida citizens' issues assisted in reaching voters.
"If you're talking immigration, we want legal immigration. We like immigration, but we don't like illegal immigration. We certainly don't like what's going on in the border right now, the chaos that's going there. One of the messages that I had, part of my campaign was we need to fix the chaos at the southern border. We need to fix inflation. We need to do something about high gas prices. Those are the messages that we had," Giménez said
Regarding abortion, he said, "Look. I said I'm in favor of the [Dobbs] ruling. I'm in favor of states' rights. But I'm not in favor of the Democrat position that wants to have abortion at the moment of birth. That is an extreme position. I put that head on and I was asked that question three times and then nobody asked it anymore."
Though there has been reported tension over who would be the next Speaker of the House should Republicans take a majority, Giménez closed by insisting that Republicans ultimately must come together to push back against the Democratic agenda to win in 2024.
"What we have to do as Republicans is come together. The adversary is not us. The adversary is Joe Biden and his administration. The adversaries are the Democrats and their crazy policies. That's who we should be focused in on, not each other," he continued.
"We have two years to figure it out. The good people from the Republican Party will figure out who their candidate will be, then we all need to get behind that person, and make sure that a Republican is the next President of the United States," Giménez said. "I don't think that this country could survive another four years of Joe Biden or whoever who is going to succeed him as president of the Democrat Party. We need to save this country, and it has to be a Republican president."
Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @lmkornick.
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In "The Fixer," registrar Louise Krauss, who has a talent for repairing students' lives, faces a situation that defies easy fixing. Carol will read from "The Fixer" at the Bethesda Magazine Awards Ceremony on April 26, 2019. To read the entire story, see the Winning Works page.
In my latest short fiction, "Playoffs," Stone and Becca face off, as the Caps fight for their lives in the NHL playoffs.
I hope to see many of you at the First Annual Baltimore Festival of Jewish Literature at the Pikesville Library on Wednesday, November 14, 2:30-4 p.m. Together with Nadia Hashimi and Jen Michalski, I will be part of a discussion on "Bridging the Cultural Gap Through Literature." This phenomenal festival is taking place at many different Baltimore venues, starting November 8.
"Sheara's Beautiful People" and "Driving Aunt Dellie" have been honored by the 2018 writing contests sponsored by Bethesda Magazine and the Bethesda Urban Partnership. Both works appear on the Bethesda Urban Partnership website and the Bethesda Magazine website In the short story "Sheara's Beautiful People," two lives intersect in an unexpected way at the local hair salon. In the essay "Driving Aunt Dellie," a trip to the cemetery becomes a family reunion.
Both works can also be found under the category "Winning Works" on this website.
The Montgomery Writes Contest, sponsored by Montgomery Magazine and Novel Books, just named "A Recipe for Tzimmes" third-prize winner for Creative Non-Fiction. This memoir piece explores the significance of a baffling recipe for tzimmes, a beloved dish at our family seders. To see more, click other publications at www.carolwsolomon.com.
"Wading in the Water" was recently published in the July 2017 issue of Pen-in-Hand, the literary journal of the Maryland Writers Association. Wading in the Water" is the third story in the Poolesville trilogy, which focuses on White's Ferry and the ferry store. In this story, Elsie pulls Mo from the Potomac River and attempts to salvage two stunted lives. You can read my story online at the Pen-in-Hand website or in hard copy from Amazon.
"Mother's Day" was just recently published in Little Patuxent Review's Winter 2017 "Prisons" Issue. In this short fiction, Kimmy is trapped inside her closet, while outside, her young daughters face unknown dangers.
The Sydney Taylor Book Awards, sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries, honors new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series.
What a joy to talk with readers and potential readers of Imagining Katherine. Yesterday I visited Lakelands Park Middle School and met with English classes in large groups and in a special creative writing session. The students were filled with provocative questions, and I was inspired by the imagination and enthusiasm of the Lakelands Park writers. Thank you Rui-Hung Tsai and Elissa Waldman for making this visit possible.
Today I worked with ESOL students at Blair High School as they began to draft short stories. One of the students has been in the United States for only a few weeks, others for less than two years. I was touched by the poignancy of their stories and their determination to succeed. A special shout-out to Rafealla, Leona, Olly, Nathal, and their fabulous teacher Dr. Dana Simel.
My adult readers have been the greatest surprise. While I set out to write a YA book, adult readers have seen the humor and challenges of their junior high years in Imagining Katherine. During my visit to the Library of Congress Book Club, I was surprised by the intensity of the members' recollections of their segregated school years.
Our shared stories and life experiences bring us together–young and not so young–and remind me that the diversity of our country is its greatest strength.


A long, steamy drive from DC to Kripalu Center in the Berkshire Mountains left me pretty wrung out. But there was just enough light to inflate my paddle board and head out to the middle of the lake.
I learned a new dance.
I call it the try-to-smack-the-horsefly-while -standing-on-a-board-in-the-middle-of-40-acres-of-water shuffle.


Out in the woods with a shared well and underground power makes this easy to enjoy. A very attractive parcel. Just enough land for privacy but not a burden. This owner also has Lot 74 for sale. Lot 61 is part of the McMillin Water System, well log shows 20 gallons per minute. Thousands of acres nearby owned by the Department of Wildlife and timber company. Suitable for residential or recreational use.


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Yelawolf, "Looking For Alien Love" MP3
By Sam Hockley-Smith
Photographer Brian Derballa
Apparently this is an older track leaked by the producer, but it's certainly worth talking about. Yelawolf is basically doing spoken word preaching over an organ and pretty much no drums. It is definitely not we were expecting, but it's also not surprising, if that makes sense. Yelawolf has a strong creative tie to Dungeon Family, and this is the kind of thing that Goodie Mob would always touch on, except Yelawolf blasts the whole thing into outer space and then fast raps over skittering drums. It is really weird, but it works.
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Node.js is intended to run on a dedicated HTTP server and to employ a single thread with one process at a time. Node.js applications are event-based and run asynchronously. Code built on the Node platform does not follow the traditional model of receive, process, send, wait, receive. Instead, Node processes incoming requests in a constant event stack and sends small requests one after the other without waiting for responses.
This is a shift away from mainstream models that run larger, more complex processes and run several threads concurrently, with each thread waiting for its appropriate response before moving on.
One of the major advantages of Node.js, according to its creator Ryan Dahl, is that it does not block input/output (I/O). Some developers are highly critical of Node.js and point out that if a single process requires a significant number of CPU cycles, the application will block and that the blocking can crash the application. Proponents of the Node.js model claim that CPU processing time is less of a concern because of the high number of small processes that Node code is based on.
As an asynchronous event-driven framework, Node.js is designed to build scalable network applications.
It provides an event-driven architecture and a non-blocking I/O API that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices. Almost no function in Node directly performs I/O, so the process never blocks.
It's great at micro-requests; at evented I/O. Use Node for quick communication between a web page and a server. These technologies are commonly used for real-time web applications.
Node.js customizable feature make it work OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, NonStop, IBM AIX, IBM System z and IBMi. Its work is hosted and supported by the Node.js Foundation, a Collaborative Project at Linux Foundation.
Node is getting popular as a server-side platform and is used by IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Walmart, Groupon, SAP, LinkedIn, Rakuten, PayPal, Voxer, and GoDaddy and many more.
Try this technology and explore the possibilities.
Great, a nice short overview. I would like to note that Netflix, PayPal, LinkedIn, Uber all use Node.js. These are really popular and successful companies and the fact that they use Node.js means that the technology has some great advantages that came to use. It also means that a business can benefit from it if the implementation is assigned to the right hands.


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Samsung Galaxy S6 Sport (or Active AT&T) come to S...
Samsung Galaxy S6 Sport (or Active AT&T) come to Sprint???
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Anyone know or have any speculation as to if Sprint will offer a Sport version of the S6? I hear that the S6 Sport/Active may be exclusive to AT&T?
Did the S4 Sport/Active and S5 Sport/Active start out that way (i.e. exclusive to one carrier like AT&T) then offered by Sprint?
I currently have S4 and am ready to upgrade but would like to wait for the S6 Sport/Active if it'll be available for Sprint. Thanks!
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Sport (or Active AT&T) come to Sprint???
I just googled it. AT&T snatched up the exclusive release of the S5 active as well which means eventually it'll be released through all other brands per the usual. Samsung isn't going to miss out on all that money. Please.
SherraDonna
I really really hope its soon because im very tired of sprint holding out on picking out decent phones for users.... im still using the 2012 LG Mach.... its the most recent and highest specs physical keyboard ever released.... and the weenies at sprint cant figure out that they should make a new model with a keyboard.... even though they did a survey about it and 75% of their customers (us) have said they want a physical keyboard on their next smart phone.
maybe this phone can hold me over until the market gets in touch with the consumer....
If sprint doesn't release this phone soon, I wont be buying another Sprint phone ever.
Dj_Damjano
Exclusive, means AT&T will be THE ONLY ONE selling that phone.
Sprint or any other carrier will not sell it, no matter how much they might want to sell that phone, Samsung will not produce one for other carriers.
Also, I don't think you have seen the line up that Sprint has and compared it to other carriers. Sprint just like other carriers have the top phones on the market, and to add to that, some of Sprint versions of a certain phones, are truly world phones (can work with every band used out there).
And by the way... Sprint does not make phones, Samsung, LG, Apple, etc produces them. 75% of users want physical keyboard (not sure where you got that number) ? I think that might be the other way around.
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I come here trying to help people and I'm NOT employed by Sprint, so If my reply helped you or if you get an answer to your question from other users, PLEASE mark it as solved.
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If it is exclusive, then you will most likely have to wait about a year before Sprint sees it. However, you never know since AT&T markets it as the Active while Sprint marketed it as the Sport, which are two different phones. So while the Active is exclusive to AT&T, the Sport is not. But nothing has been announced yet.
If my post or someone else's answered your question please mark it an Accepted Solution.
Keep in mind, like you, I am a Sprint subscriber. I am in no way employed by Sprint in any sense. I just know stuff.
I would love to see that happen
but unfortunately i have not seen any indication on line for a sport version.
Cnplatz
Im new to gg6 phones whats the diffrence in them? Very curious
Samsung released several variants of the S6 line, you have the following,
Standard S6
S6 Active or Sport (depending on carrier)
The first is their flagship phone the one most people hear about and buy. The second is their new version which has a wrap around screen along the longer edge of the phone. This allows little messages or notifications to be displayed and does some other things. The last is their ruggedized version, water proof, shock resistant, etc.. Basically, the one you would give to the person in your life that breaks phones all the time.
Here's some YouTube commercials on them.
S6 and S6 Edge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viiGW3ENvdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD26Vs7VRK8
Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge Commercial 2 [HD] - YouTube
S6 Active
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Active Life Simulator | Commercial HD - YouTube
As for specs, the Active specs are a little different from it's siblings.
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Q: Wordpress generated links - menus and home_url() - not using https despite settings I have just started working with a WordPress 3.9.2 site which has the WordPress HTTPS module active and functioning.  Plugins, CSS, images, are loaded over https.
In General Settings the WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) are set to https: as well.
However there are troubling occurrences of non-https links generated by WP.  The site navigation continues to link to http: even after being loaded and re-saved in the editor.  The Admin View Site link is to the http: site.
In the theme home_url() generates an http: link!  <?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>
Is this normal WordPress behavior?  How should I correct the link protocols?
UPDATE  - so the HTTPS module has a setting labeled "Any page that is not secured via Force SSL or URL Filters will be redirected to HTTP."  When this is set to true you have to have edited the pages and posts and set them to Force SSL or - like it says - it redirects to HTTP.  When this was set to false and saved the menus were set to the protocol of the page that was loaded.

A: This should not be default behavior.

The home_url template tag retrieves the home URL for the current site,
  optionally with the $path argument appended. The function determines
  the appropriate protocol, "https" if is_ssl() and "http" otherwise. If
  the $scheme argument is "http" or "https" the is_ssl() check is
  overridden.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/home_url

There are filters involved so perhaps a plugin or theme code is breaking things.
You should update to the current release as soon as you can.

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194-204 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW.
Private club, public gym, hotel, apartments and retail – redevelopment.
Overcoming hurdles faced by previous would-be developers of this high profile Sydney CBD location, ICD Property negotiated an almost unanimously-supported agreement with the 15,000-strong membership of the City Tattersalls Club. Calling on the skills of highly regarded local architecture firm, fjmt, ICD Property currently have initial plans for the redevelopment of this 120-year-old club and the airspace above.
Stage 1 Development Application (DA) with Sydney City Council was submitted in October 2018, with the proposal comprising of the City Tattersalls Club's rejuvenated lower level premises, complete with ground floor retail, bar, restaurants, and ballroom. A commercial gym, 100-room-plus hotel (plus ancillary facilities), and approximately 240 plus apartments are to be added above.
We are extremely proud of our partnership with CTC, one of Sydney's oldest social clubs. An astounding 94% of the club's membership voted in favour of our proposed development.
This high profile redevelopment will cement the future vitality and prosperity of the club and introduce a dynamic and sophisticated hotel and residential offering to Pitt Street and Sydney CBD.


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CENSUS WATCH: Report urges an accurate count of the undocumented
By Desiree EvansJuly 31, 2009
Across the country, states and community organizations continue to prepare their populations for the 2010 Census, underscoring that accurate counts are important to the economic recovery in these states.
The information gathered in the 2010 Census will be used to determine the distribution of some $300-400 billion in federal funding to state and local communities. As Facing South reported, the decennial count could pose a challenge for the South and other parts of the country facing budget crises and fast-changing demographics.
Southern states have been undercounted in the past, resulting in the loss of millions in federal funding. Moreover, many Southern states have a disproportionate share of the populations that are historically undercounted: African-Americans, immigrants, low-income residents and military families. Simply put, undercounting means these communities and populations do not get their fair share of public funding, an increasingly important issue in the midst of the country's deepening economic troubles.
Getting an accurate count of new immigrants -- whose populations are rising fastest in the South -- poses a large challenge to many Southern states. In particular, a portion of the new immigrant population -- undocumented immigrants -- are one of the most severely undercounted groups, and they also face the most political opposition to their inclusion and are the least likely to answer the census questionnaires, according to a new policy report by the Drum Major Institute, a New-York based non-partisan think tank.
DMI's policy paper argues that the nation as a whole will benefit from the inclusion of undocumented immigrants in the 2010 Census, explaining that "a complete national demographic profile of undocumented residents is necessary to provide adequate federal resources for state and local programs that impact all residents, helping to prevent budget cuts in critical areas such as public education, infrastructure, transportation, and healthcare."
Over the years community groups have pointed out that when funding doesn't reach cash-strapped communities, vital programs have suffered. That means if undocumented immigrants are not fully included in the upcoming census, the communities where they live will not receive adequate resources and services to provide for local needs.
According to the report:
The United States cannot afford to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2010 Census. Failing to gather accurate information about an estimated 12 million undocumented residents will make it too difficult for the country to recover from the worst recession in decades: local and state governments won't receive adequate funding for public services; businesses will be discouraged from investing in new markets and creating jobs in growing communities; costly mistakes will be made in infrastructure, education, and health care because of incomplete demographic data.
Out of all of the traditionally undercounted groups, undocumented immigrants are the only ones facing an effort to deliberately exclude them from the constitutionally-mandated count, the report explains. Opponents of a full census count even drafted a joint resolution in Congress seeking to limit census apportionment to "citizens" -- by replacing the word "persons" with "citizens" in the Constitution.
Right-wing efforts to not count the undocumented, combined with the anti-immigrant federal climate that has increased over the past few years, has made ensuring an accurate count this year even more difficult.
As the report notes:
The 2010 Census comes at a time when undocumented immigrants are increasingly marginalized. Their precarious legal status leaves them vulnerable to threats of deportation and arrest. A nationwide crackdown on undocumented immigration has led to an increase in local immigration law enforcement and detention centers. With these challenges in mind, traditional stakeholders--community organizations, advocates and the Bureau itself--must intensify their efforts in encouraging undocumented families to respond to the census.
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Taking cognizance of railway safety, the ministry has announced job openings for 1 lakh posts in safety division. The safety-related posts include loco running staff, driver, station master, guard, technology supervisor, control and yard staff, signal inspector and maintenance employees. A report published in the Allahabad edition of Hindi Daily Dainik Jagran said that the Railways has decided to recruit one lakh staff in the safety category, and these vacancies were on hold for a very long time.The Indian railways had reported total of 13,929 train accidents from 1960 to 2016.
Read | To control altercations, Railway board issues circular to reduce sleeping hours for passengersAccording to Mint, the Indian Railways had a vacancy of 1,22,763 in 2016 while it was 1,24,201 in 2015.Indian Railways had reported a 2.1 lakh vacant posts in 2012, including 90,000 safety-related vacancies, crucial for train operation.According to a study by NITI Aayog, since 2012, six out of every 10 rail accidents in the country have happened because of mistakes by or the negligence of railway staff.Currently, according to Indian Railways' response to a Parliament question, over 700,000 railways staff work on safety-related operations at the country's largest employer.Taking charge of Indian Railways after two back-to-back train accidents that, the newly Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani has also said that his focus will be safety.


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Anderson Silva asks for rematch with Nick Diaz in Brazil
Fight Companion :: COMBAT SPORTS :: MMA
by El Jefe on Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:24 am
Anderson Silva wants Nick Diaz for his next UFC fight.
The former middleweight champion, who defeated Diaz via unanimous decision at UFC 183 in January, will likely have his victory overturned to a no-contest after failing two drug tests for multiple banned substances before and right after the fight, and cites "things that are unfinished" to ask for a rematch.
"I believe that there [are] some things that are unfinished between me & Nick Diaz," Silva posted on his Instagram. "I now hope that you, Dana White can accept my request & make a rematch possible in my country, Brazil."
Silva failed drug test for drostanolone, androstane, oxazepam and temazepam, while Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites. Both fighters are expected to meet the Nevada Athletic Commission in May.
Besides a UFC fight with Diaz, Silva is interested in competing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. A 5th dan black belt in taekwondo, "The Spider" sent a letter to the president of the Brazilian Taekwondo Federation (CBTKD), Carlos Fernandes, asking for a spot in the Brazilian team at next year's Olympics.
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Train Station Coffee Shop is a good local breakfast place.
The Elks here were extremely friendly to us. They invited us to eat with them at dinner on Thursday at 6.
Firestone Brewery tour in Paso Robles for $10.00 each.
If it wasn't so hot 9/1/17 we would stay here in our RV.
The old lodge burned down. The new lodge looks clean & a good place to socialize.


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ForgeRock Stock: A "Never Login Again" Identity Platform
Using a unique set of characters to access something that's being protected is as old as time. It's something we're taught at a very young age, for example, in the fables of Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab who speaks the magic words "open sesame." In a world where we're trying to bring woolly mammoths back to life, it seems odd we're protecting our most valuable possessions with secret combinations of letters, numbers, cases, and special characters.
When we talk about identity, we need to consider various use cases. There's global identity verification which authenticates people across the globe as real humans, then there's identity verification that's ongoing, like what you are subjected to when you serve time in large corporations, or when you log into your online bank account. Late last year, we looked at How Companies Can Stop Using Passwords by utilizing technologies such as artificial intelligence to figure out who is really behind the keyboard. One company we hadn't come across yet is ForgeRock (FORG).
About ForgeRock Stock
Founded in 2010, San Francisco's own ForgeRock raised $233.7 million in disclosed funding before pursuing their initial public offering (IPO) that debuted just days ago (more on this in a bit). All the funding has been used to build a Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) platform that's used to authenticate users and continue authenticating their behavior in real-time. For example, the cadence at which you type, the way you wake up your mouse, the way you type your own name, these are all ways that can be used to determine who is actually behind a keyboard or mouse.
Real-time monitoring is part of the movement towards "Zero Trust" – trust no one and nothing, regardless of whether or not they've been authenticated inside or outside your networks. With over 80% of hacking-related breaches utilizing stolen or brute-forced identity credentials, the notion of monitoring someone once they've authenticated makes loads of sense. Once someone's inside your network, you cannot assume they're a friendly.
In the past, less trust in users meant less usability. The more things were locked down, the more pissed off the end user became.
Credit: The remarkably intelligent, good-looking legend – Scott Adams
That's all changed now with sophisticated technologies that allow organizations to increase security while decreasing friction. That may sound like a pipe dream to most CTOs, but it's that appeal that has solutions like ForgeRock's flying off the shelf.
The ForgeRock Identity Platform
For companies that need to offer secure environments, these usually take the form of two broad areas – consumer access and workforce management – customers and employees. ForgeRock's has built an industrial-strength consumer and workforce access management solution that can support over 60,000 user-based access transactions per second per customer. In their recent IPO filing, they detail success stories from big names across all types of industries – HSBC, BMW, NBC, GEICO, and Maersk are listed as reference customers who tell tales of cost savings and efficiencies. It's happening across the globe, with 48% of ForgeRock's revenues coming from the United States and the remainder spread out across Europe Asia.
ForgeRock estimates their global total addressable market (TAM) to be $71 billion – Consumer Identity ($41 billion) Workforce Identity ($27 billion) and IoT ($3 billion). That size of an opportunity means there's plenty of competition. As usual, the MBAs can't agree on a relative comparison of the players in this space, but we can assume that all of the below companies would be ForgeRock's formidable competitors – names like Microsoft (MSFT), IBM (IBM), and Okta (OKTA).
How ForgeRock stacks up to the competition – Credit: Gartner/Forrester
As expected, ForgeRock's business model is software-as-a-service (SaaS), and consequently, revenues have been growing steadily over time in a predictable manner, even in the face of The Rona. (Around 97% of total revenue comes from subscriptions.)
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Digging into the ForgeRock registration statement, we find the usual SaaS metrics that can be used to monitor the health of ForgeRock's business. As of mid-year 2021, the weighted average subscription term was 33 months with 353 large customers with $100,000 of annual run rate (ARR) accounting for 88% of total ARR. No single customer accounts for more than 6% of ARR. The old land-and-expand strategy seems to be working with a net retention rate of 113%. (This means existing customers are spending more money with ForgeRock over time.) It would be nice if they told us gross retention rate (this shows departing customers), but we didn't see that in the S-1 filing.
Overall, it's a healthy SaaS business with lots of room to expand as firms across the globe move towards a future where you'll never have to login again.
Should You Buy ForgeRock Stock?
The cybersecurity domain is relatively mature, and that's what category ForgeRock falls into. When you're investing in mature domains, it's often easier to find a decent ETF than it is trying to cherry-pick a winner from several dozen names which is next to impossible. That's why our exposure to cybersecurity companies simply consists of holding the best cybersecurity ETF out there, and we're content to leave it at that.
The ForgeRock IPO attracted some attention, with shares closing up +46% on the first day of trading. On the second day of trading, FORG stock is trading up (checks Bloomberg terminal) +20% thus far. Any newbie investor who confuses sudden stock price appreciation with the quality of a stock will have some proper FOMO going on now, so we'll touch on valuation a bit.
Using our simple valuation ratio, we can see how ForgeRock compares to some other cybersecurity companies we've covered (with Okta thrown in for good measure). Turns out that ForgeRock isn't overvalued after all, even after the recent stock price surge (company names link to our past research).
Company Market Cap
(USD billions) Revenue Data Annualized Revs
(USD billions) Simple Ratio
Darktrace $8.24 FY-2021 $0.386 21
Crowdstrike $59.75 3Q-2021 $1.348 44
SentinelOne $18.46 3Q-2021 $0.183 100
Fortinet $48.85 2Q-2021 $3.204 15
Palo Alto Networks $46.58 3Q-2021 $4.88 10
KnowBe4 $4.24 2Q-2021 $0.236 18
Okta $39.60 3Q-2021 $1.26 31
ForgeRock $3.36 2Q-2021 $0.1756 19
As risk-averse investors, we prefer to own market leaders. ForgeRock is indeed a global identity leader, but their competitor – Okta – is 10X their size with 7X the revenues. If we wanted to invest in CIAM, we'd probably stick with Okta, even though it's more richly valued.
Creating a secure environment has always been a tradeoff between increasing security and degrading the user experience. With today's CIAM solutions, companies can have both. With greater than $70 billion in TAM to capture, there's plenty of opportunity for leaders in this space like ForgeRock to grow revenues at a rapid clip. Based on the success of their initial public offering, it seems like Wall Street recognizes the opportunity at hand.
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By: Sean Welsh, The Brookings Register - Updated: 2 years ago
BROOKINGS – The Bobcats knocked off No. 1 Sioux Falls O'Gorman, 1-0, during girls' soccer action on a warm Saturday afternoon at Fishback Soccer Park.
"It was really nice to see everything that we've been working so hard to do come together," said BHS coach Kelli Herman, whose team improved to 3-5-2. "All of our girls just played so well collectively together today. We've been talking about confidence, we've been talking about mentality and now it's all coming together exactly when we need it to."
The Lady Knights, who entered the day leading the state in seed points, fell to 7-2-2.
OG possessed the ball for much of the match and totaled a 29-6 advantage in shots, including 16-4 on goal.
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Grace Mork made 16 saves in the shutout.
Herman said communication was key in the defensive effort.
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As for beating one of the top teams in the state?
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"This last week we've been talking about how these last three games are going to be our toughest games because we knew that those are going to be the top three of five teams in the state. So we just know that we need to do our due diligence. Yes, it's a great win, and we win with class and we lose with class, but now we still have to focus – we have two more games ahead of us."
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Nature of the structural symmetries associated with hybrid improper ferroelectricity in C a3X2 O7 (X=Mn and Ti)
S. Liu, H. Zhang, S. Ghose, M. Balasubramanian, Zhenxian Liu, S. G. Wang, Y. S. Chen, B. Gao, Jaewook Kim, S. W. Cheong, T. A. Tyson
In hybrid improper ferroelectric systems, polarization arises from the onset of successive nonpolar lattice modes. In this work, measurements and modeling were performed to determine the spatial symmetries of the phases involved in the transitions to these modes. Structural and optical measurements reveal that the tilt and rotation distortions of the MnO6 or TiO6 polyhedra relative to the high symmetry phases driving ferroelectricity in the hybrid improper Ca3X2O7 system (X=Mn and Ti) condense at different temperatures. The tilt angle vanishes abruptly at TT∼400 K for Ca3Mn2O7 (and continuously for X=Ti) and the rotation mode amplitude is suppressed at much higher temperatures TR∼1060 K. Moreover, Raman measurements in Ca3Mn2O7 under isotropic pressure reveal that the polyhedral tilts can be suppressed by very low pressures (between 1.4 and 2.3 GPa) indicating their softness. These results indicate that the Ca3Mn2O7 system provides a platform for strain engineering of ferroelectric properties in film-based systems with substrate-induced strain.
Published - Jun 27 2019
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Liu, S., Zhang, H., Ghose, S., Balasubramanian, M., Liu, Z., Wang, S. G., Chen, Y. S., Gao, B., Kim, J., Cheong, S. W., & Tyson, T. A. (2019). Nature of the structural symmetries associated with hybrid improper ferroelectricity in C a3X2 O7 (X=Mn and Ti). Physical Review B, 99(22), [224105]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.224105
Liu, S. ; Zhang, H. ; Ghose, S. ; Balasubramanian, M. ; Liu, Zhenxian ; Wang, S. G. ; Chen, Y. S. ; Gao, B. ; Kim, Jaewook ; Cheong, S. W. ; Tyson, T. A. / Nature of the structural symmetries associated with hybrid improper ferroelectricity in C a3X2 O7 (X=Mn and Ti). In: Physical Review B. 2019 ; Vol. 99, No. 22.
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The Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic is preparing to launch a new receipt lottery this October, local daily news portal Hospodářské Noviny reports. The lottery, which was originally planned to be released by the middle of September, will be part of the new Electronic Cash register system that was released in December of 2016 to increase revenues and help fight tax evasion.
Per the new lottery program, players will be able to use receipts as lottery tickets in the draw. Registration could be done free of charge through a website or a mobile app but the number of receipts from each retailer will be limited to one per day, in order to prevent any manipulation.
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Death of 300 birds in country road solved by police – but they don't share theory
Police say they believe they know what killed the huge flock of starlings but they have declined to release the information just yet
Michael MoranAudience Writer
The dead bodies were collected and sent to a lab for testing (Image: Daily Post)
The mysterious mass death of a flock of some 300 birds has just gained a new level of mystery.
The starlings "fell out of the sky" onto a quiet road in Anglesey, Wales, on Tuesday evening without any explanation.
Local man Dafydd Edwards told North Wales Live: "There's easily more than 300 of them."
"My partner spotted it when she was on the way to the doctors yesterday late afternoon," he explained.
The birds fell on the road, and the hedges alongside, but nowhere else. (Image: Daily Post)
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"She said she saw hundreds of them flying over and thought it looked amazing but on her way back around an hour later they were all dead in the road.
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Dafydd contacted the North Wales Rural Crime Team and the Animal and Plant Health Agency in the hope that someone can shed some light on to how the birds died.
Police spokesman Dewi Evans said: "We don't know how it's happened.
"We're just outside Bodedern here by Llyn Llywenan and as you can see on the road here there's approx 225 dead starling on the road itself and many others on the hedge along the side of the road but no starling apparent in the fields either side which is very strange."
A Welsh Government spokesperson said that they are aware of the incident but that it would be "unwise to speculate further at this stage." (Image: Daily Post Wales)
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Rob Taylor, Team Manager for North Wales Police's Rural Crime Team said this may not be the first time this has happened.
He said: "We've also been on Google as well and have checked for this and have found that this phenomenon has happened in Rome previously and has also happened in various areas of the UK as well.
"It's one of those strange ones."
Now, it appears that the cops have worked out what happened. But they're keeping the answer a secret for now.
They tweeted: ""Thanks to everyone who has contacted us with possible reasons for the starlings dying.
The road was closed until the clean-up operation was completed (Image: Daily Post)
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PRC International Conference: Study to be Displayed
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) conducted a survey in the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Syria and Lebanon. The survey targeted some thousands of refugees to explore their views about the UNRWA performance for the past 60 years.
Study cases from the survey would be showed at PRC International Conference "UNRWA and Future of Palestinian Refugees" planned to take place on December 16, 2009 in London.
The survey showed different views on the performance and services of UNRWA, with ratings between satisfied and unsatisfied. Some of the examined samples regarded the problem as one which is solely political.
Abu Ali, 70 said ''We have been suffering for decades. The UNRWA succeeded in filling the humanitarian gap. However, the political gap was never bridged by the United Nations. I think UN should have tried to set a body like UNRWA to solve our political problems."
The survey which includes various samples would be shown and discussed at the conference. Majed al Zeer, PRC General Director said that the conference is expected to witness momentum participation from various academics, journalists, politicians and activists.
"We have received tens of requests to participate in the event. We aspire to achieve tangible results as we have invited key speakers such as MPs, politicians, activists and UNRWA speakers. They will discuss the future of Palestinian refugees and UNRWA to come out with a number of recommendations in that regard." said al Zeer.
He also said that the participation and admission to the event is free, thus enabling those interested like students, academics and public to take part.
More than six decades have now passed since the collective dispossession and forced expulsion of Palestinians from their ancestral home in Palestine because of Israeli aggression. For 5 Million Palestinians, forced exile still continues and their Nakba (catastrophe) is still a daily reality.


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If you have been repeatedly exposed to a weed killing product that contains a chemical called glyphosate and are suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or another type of cancer, you may be able to pursue a personal injury lawsuit to help compensate for your medical bills. The Kentucky law office of Meinhart, Smith & Manning, PPLC can help determine if there is a link between your cancer and Roundup (glyphosate).
Gardeners, landscape maintenance workers, homeowners, anyone attempting to eradicate their yard of weeds, may use Roundup. It's the most popular weed killer available for purchase. The active ingredient in the product is an herbicide called glyphosate. Monsanto developed the chemical and they introduced it to the marketplace in 1974.
Monsanto, the company that makes the herbicide Roundup is the focus of many lawsuits. The lawsuits claim they failed to warn users that the glyphosate in their product may be a carcinogen. It is also alleged that they purposely covered up test results and attempted to discredit the studies that showed glyphosate causes cancer.
The Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published a paper in April 2014 titled "Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Occupational Exposure to Agricultural Pesticide Chemical Groups and Active Ingredients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." The paper reviewed selected world-wide research spanning three decades. The study was limited to occupational exposure and concluded that there may be a causal relationship between Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and the use of glyphosate herbicide in an occupational setting.
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup product, was classified as Group 2A. The patent Monsanto held on glyphosate expired in the year 2000. This means that many other companies located around the world now manufacture the chemical, as well. This increases the amount of glyphosate available and the human exposure to the chemical.
Have I Been Exposed to Roundup?
A study conducted by the United States Geological Survey revealed that glyphosate is found in United States sources of water such as: streams, rivers, and rain. It is also present in food. The main danger, however, is to those people who work in agricultural or landscaping industries where Roundup is routinely used for weed killing.
Who Is Most at Risk to Glyphosate Exposure?
Farmers lead an active life and, as such, generally enjoy health that is considered above-average. Recently, farmers with exposure to glyphosate are seeing an ever-increasing rate of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Farmers and other agricultural workers who regularly use Roundup and have been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma have been filing lawsuits against Monsanto.
People who have been diagnosed with a cancer that may be linked to glyphosate need to speak to a Louisville product liability attorney right away. It can be difficult to prove the causal link between a chemical and a person's cancer diagnosis. Experienced attorneys know how to navigate the legal and medical systems to investigate properly and prove the claim.
Talking to an attorney experienced with product liability claims will give you the insight needed to determine if you have a case. The attorneys at Meinhart, Smith & Manning, PLLC have helped their clients win millions of dollars in compensation for injuries. We are available around the clock to help you. Call today to schedule a free, non-committal consultation. If you decide to work with us, we'll fight on your behalf on a contingency fee basis, meaning no out-of-pocket costs and no attorney fees unless you win.


Kevin O'Brien's blitzkrieg in the 2011 World Cup against England not only made the world sit up and take note, the knock attracted attention from across the world including the Indian Premier League. HT reports.
Kevin O'Brien's blitzkrieg in the 2011 World Cup against England not only made the world sit up and take note, the knock attracted attention from across the world including the Indian Premier League.
The 27-year-old all-rounder, who now holds the record for the fastest century in the World Cup, was approached by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala as a replacement player but the deal could not be completed due to technical reasons.
"Yes, after the World Cup, the Kochi Tuskers approached me... but unfortunately I could not (join them) since I was not on last year's auction list," said Kevin, who along with his brother, Niall, and Tom Cooper of the Netherlands are the only three players from associate member nations to find a place in this season's auction list.
The auction will be held in Bangalore on February 4 and the list has been finalised after consultation with the nine teams.
Though Kevin missed out last season, he is on the wish-list of a few teams after his exploits for Gloucestershire, who signed him as a limited-overs specialist after the World Cup.
Gloucestershire chief, John Bracewell, promoted him to the opener's spot in the T20 championship and the Irishman responded by scoring the tournament's fastest ton against Middlesex apart from a few more match-winning knocks.
"It (opening the innings) gave me an opportunity to add more strings to the bow. I am now confident of opening the innings anywhere in the world," said Kevin, who has also signed a three-year deal with the Sri Lanka Premier League.


I am currently working on a systematic benchmark for existing frameworks for (post-training) quantization. A rigorous benchmark will help machine learning practitioners make informed decisions. Any suggestions are welcome.
Models: for now, only Image Classification.
To account for variance due to virtualization and shared hardware, I will perform multiple trials by launching new instance(s). I will perform statistical tests to verify if an apparent difference in a metric is significant or due to chance.
To ensure that we are comparing apples to apples, benchmark code (with links to models used) will be published as a GitHub repository.
For consistency, we will use the simple method for quantization: Simply take min and max values of layer outputs as thresholds for quantization.
Facing issues at quantized tensorflow model.
While running tensorflow model from nnvm frontend.
is there support for post quantization tensorflow models at NNVM?
@Vinayak618 No, currently TVM does not support reading from quantized TensorFlow models. Here is a proposal for supporting quantized TF-Lite models: https://github.com/dmlc/tvm/issues/2351. For now, you'll have to load the original (non-quantized) model into TVM and use TVM's quantization tools to perform quantization.
Can you guide me from where can i find TVM's quantization tools to apply it on tensorflow model?
I dint find that in the link above.
Also one query not related to the above issue.
Does opt_level in tensorflow NNVM frontend have any significance after opt_level 3.
I'm getting the results even at opt_level 10 so.
@Vinayak618 I'm trying to figure out TVM's quantization pass myself, so I won't be able to guide you right now. I will put up the benchmark code when it's done, and you can look at it then. For now, you should look at the pull request https://github.com/dmlc/tvm/pull/2116.
And I think opt_level goes only up to 3.
Ps. If you have other questions, please open a new thread. Let's keep this thread for discussing the benchmark proposal.
Yeah sure will keep it for discussing benchmark proposal.
Once you are done with benchmark code. Please put up the same in this thread. In the mean time ill go through the pull request.
@Vinayak618 I just found this script: https://gist.github.com/ZihengJiang/bcabe46a712a417a01a6967d4430b6b5, an example that feeds MXNet model into TVM and run quantization.
Thank you so much @hcho3.
I'll try it and share the observations.
Thank you for referencing the code.
It works great,. I'm able to quantize the model and get the results.
We are currently working on some enhancements to quantization on the TVM side, as some models (DenseNet, MobileNet) need per-channel quantization scale adjustment to avoid catastrophic accuracy loss.
Another issue is that models that use depthwise convolution such as mobilenet will currently see limited speedup vs. floating-point versions because TVM currently lacks schedules for depthwise convolution with NCHWc or NHWC data layouts (preventing vectorization).
Currently the most interesting results will be with Inception and ResNet.
For MXNet on C5.18xlarge, you can try to use our script to reproduce the result.
For mobilenet v2, some parts of optimization is WIP to upstreaming, will let you know when it's done.
The published blog as below and you can cite when using our data or script.


God uniquely puts together local churches within specific contexts and particular times. At State Street Church, we believe that God is continuing to nurture, prompt, and lead us to disciple-making and the maturing of disciples. Our hope and prayer is that God continues to use us for the good of our city, neighborhoods, and families, and for His glory.


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In wake of Trump calls to state officials, Georgia prosecutors open criminal investigation into efforts to subvert election results
Feb. 10, 2021 at 8:34 am Updated Feb. 10, 2021 at 12:58 pm
An Atlanta-area prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia in the wake of calls President Donald Trump placed to state officials, urging them to invalidate Joe Biden's victory in the state.
In a letter Wednesday to several state Republican officials including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis did not mention Trump by name but stated that her office is examining a raft of potential criminal charges related to "attempts to influence" the administration of the 2020 election in the state.
In early January, Trump pressured Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to reverse Biden's victory in the state during an hourlong phone call. He also called the top Georgia state elections investigator shortly before Christmas, asking the person to "find the fraud" and become a "national hero," as The Washington Post first reported. At the time, the investigator was leading an inquiry into allegations of ballot fraud in Cobb County, in the suburbs of Atlanta.
In a third call placed in early December to Kemp, Trump urged the governor to persuade the state legislature to overturn Biden's victory and asked him to order an audit of absentee ballot signatures.
Prosecutors are scrutinizing all three of those calls, as well as the circumstances around the sudden resignation of the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, according to an official familiar with the probe, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the ongoing investigation.
The revelation of the Raffensperger call by The Post, days before Congress was set to meet in joint session to formalize Biden's electoral college victory, sparked widespread political condemnation of Trump's actions, including by some Republicans.
After the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the House cited the call in its article of impeachment, which accuses Trump of inciting the siege. On Wednesday, as part of the ongoing Senate trial, House impeachment managers argued that his call to Raffensperger and the chief investigator were part of Trump's long-running attempt to overturn the results of the election.
Willis, a Democrat, told state officials that her office will examine whether anyone illegally solicited election fraud, made false statements to state and local government officials, made threats, or participated in a criminal conspiracy as part of attempts to influence the election outcome.
In addition to Kemp and Raffensperger, Willis sent letters to Georgia's attorney general, Chris Carr — who represented Raffensperger in numerous lawsuits filed by Trump and his allies over the election — and the lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan, who serves as president of the state Senate.
She said she will examine contacts made with offices of Raffensperger, Kemp and Carr, as well as with the General Assembly, which held hearings in which Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and other Trump allies made unfounded allegations of election fraud.
"We have reason to believe the Senate may have evidence related to the criminal investigation," said Jeff DiSantis, a spokesman for Willis.
Legal experts have said Trump's call to the secretary of state may have broken state or federal laws that bar the solicitation of election fraud or prohibit participating in a conspiracy against people exercising their civil rights, and that his outreach to the state investigator could amount to obstruction of justice or other criminal violations.
Trump adviser Jason Miller on Wednesday dismissed the criminal investigation as a partisan attack against the former president.
"The timing here is not accidental given today's impeachment trial," Miller said via text. "This is simply the Democrats' latest attempt to score political points by continuing their witch hunt against President Trump, and everybody sees through it."
After the Nov. 3 election, Trump pressured officials in numerous states, urging them to reverse Biden's win. His greatest focus was on Georgia, where he complained to aides that he felt betrayed by Kemp and Raffensperger after they refused to echo his claims of a rigged election despite his endorsement of them in 2018.
In an interview with The Post last month, Raffensperger said he was not familiar with the specifics of what the president said in the conversation with his chief investigator, but said it was inappropriate for Trump to have tried to intervene in the case.
"That was an ongoing investigation," Raffensperger said. "I don't believe that an elected official should be involved in that process."
The Post is not identifying the investigator, who did not respond to requests for comment, because of the risk of threats and harassment directed at election officials.
A little more than a week after calling the investigator, Trump called Raffensperger directly.
In a recording of the conversation obtained by The Post, Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims about widespread fraud, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking "a big risk."
Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office's general counsel rejected Trump's assertions, explaining that the president was relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that Biden's 11,779-vote victory in Georgia was legitimate.
But Trump brushed aside their responses.
"The people of Georgia are angry, the people of the country are angry," Trump said on the call. "And there's nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you've recalculated."
Raffensperger responded: "Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong."
At another point, Trump said: "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state."
In her letters to state officials Wednesday, Willis asked officials to preserve all records related to the 2020 election. She said the matter is "of high priority" and will go before a grand jury as soon as March. She said she has no reason to believe that any Georgia state officials are the subject of the investigation.
"I know we all agree that our duty demands that this matter be investigated and, if necessary, prosecuted, in a manner that is free from any appearance of conflict of interest or political considerations," Willis wrote in the letters, which were first reported by The New York Times.
The district attorney's investigation follows the news Monday that Raffensperger's office had opened its own inquiry to assess whether Trump broke any laws in his efforts to reverse his defeat in Georgia.
The inquiry was prompted by multiple complaints the office received about the Trump-Raffensperger call, including one from a law professor at George Washington University, John Banzhaf.
"The Secretary of State's office investigates complaints it receives," Raffensperger spokesman Walter Jones said in a statement. "The investigations are fact-finding and administrative in nature. Any further legal efforts will be left to the Attorney General."
Typically, the individual leading that inquiry would be the chief investigator who received the Trump call in December. But Raffensperger or his aides may decide to assign a different investigator to avoid a conflict.
Raffensperger has told aides that he is likely to recuse himself when the results of the inquiry come to the State Election Board, which will decide whether to refer the matter to the state attorney general or the district attorney.
Willis's office is also investigating the abrupt departure of Byung J. "BJay" Pak, the former U.S. attorney in Atlanta, who left a day after The Post reported Trump's call with Raffensperger.
Pak unexpectedly announced Jan. 4 that he was stepping down as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, surprising many in his office. Trump then bypassed Pak's top deputy in selecting a temporary replacement, raising questions among legal observers about the possibility of political interference in law enforcement work.
Pak and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Fulton County investigation.
Separately, the Justice Department inspector general is also examining Pak's resignation.
Bobby Christine, who served temporarily as acting U.S. attorney after Pak's departure, later told staff in the office that "there's just nothing to" the few claims of fraud the office was examining.
The Washington Post's Matt Zapotosky contributed to this report.